The web was decentralised for a long time. The internet and social networks were designed around different niches. We had niches for people that did
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The web was decentralised for a long time. The internet and social networks were designed around different niches. We had niches for people that did
Read moreAround a decade and a half ago I grew tired of seeing blog headlines that said “The top ten blah blah”, “Three signs that …”
Read moreTwitter went down and I didn’t notice, yet again. According to The Verge it has been down five times in five weeks. It goes down
Read moreTwitter has a new For You page inspired by TikTok’s For you page according to Quartz. Many years ago we had Seesmic, a video chat
Read moreI took a short twitter detox for two days. For two days I didn’t look at tweets, replies and more. For two days if I
Read moreFor the first time since I took a Twitter break in 2007 I am taking another in 2023. The first time I took a twitter
Read moreLet’s take a step back from today, and let’s remember the 2006 tech landscape. In 2006 we had Symbian phones, GPRS, text messages. We used
Read moreSince 2006 I have thought of Twitter, Jaiku, Mastodon and Plurk as conversation channels, rather than microblogging. I go to these places and use them
Read moreI have used Twitter almost every single day since I created my first account in 2006. During this time I have met a lot of
Read moreMastodon has reached eight million accounts today. That’s close to the population of Switzerland and two million less than London. Mastodon is growing because it
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